Hamilton County is looking to provide emergency weather radios to vulnerable citizens ahead of severe weather forecasted next spring.
Emergency Management Director Chris Adams said in a presentation to the county commission that the department is seeking grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Firehouse Subs to get nearly 5,000 radios to alert citizens of severe weather.
The applications come as the county is preparing for warm, wet weather and a potential influx of storms in the spring of 2021.
“We’ve been in touch with the National Weather Service looking at their extended forecast, and next spring doesn’t look real promising,” Adams said. “They say we’re in what’s called El Niño right now, which is going to give us a pattern of severe weather again this spring.
“So we’re a little worried about notifications and what we can do to let the public know. “